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Topics: Ovid Quotes

To feel our ills is one thing, but to cure them is another.

To feel our ills is one thing, but to cure them is another.

Quarrels are the dowry which married folk bring one another

Quarrels are the dowry which married folk bring one another

Love is a driver, bitter and fierce if you fight and resist him, Easy-going enough...

Love is a driver, bitter and fierce if you fight and resist him, Easy-going enough...

The cause is hidden; the effect is visible to all.

The cause is hidden; the effect is visible to all.

Delay is a great procuress

Delay is a great procuress

Whether you call my heart affectionate, or you call it womanish: I confess, that to...

Whether you call my heart affectionate, or you call it womanish: I confess, that to...

Love is a thing that is full of cares and fears.

Love is a thing that is full of cares and fears.

Let what is irksome become habitual, no more will it trouble you.

Let what is irksome become habitual, no more will it trouble you.

The burden which is well borne becomes light.

The burden which is well borne becomes light.

Neglect of appearance becomes men.

Neglect of appearance becomes men.

Time is generally the best doctor.

Time is generally the best doctor.

How little is the promise of the child fulfilled in the man.

How little is the promise of the child fulfilled in the man.

Minds that are ill at ease are agitated by both hope and fear.

Minds that are ill at ease are agitated by both hope and fear.

Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and is forced to multiply its strength.

Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and is forced to multiply its strength.

Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by.

Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by.

By yielding you may obtain victory

By yielding you may obtain victory

Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason? Why if it prosper, none dare call it...

Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason? Why if it prosper, none dare call it...

If any person wish to be idle, let them fall in love.

If any person wish to be idle, let them fall in love.

Against the bold, daring is unsafe.

Against the bold, daring is unsafe.

Take rest; a field that has rested gives a beautiful crop.

Take rest; a field that has rested gives a beautiful crop.